Financial Aid Strategy

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Sun, 09 Oct 2016 17:00:05 +0000

A sibling’s child is in the process of applying to BS for next Fall. However needs virtually full FA. The dilemma is that the child is gravitating to very small schools. I have advised adding in larger schools with bigger endowments. She likes schools like Madeira, Grier and Emma Willard but also has co-ed on her list . How many is too many when casting a wide net for FA? She is a straight A student or close to it with some very nice distinguishing EC’s. No SSAT yet. So I think IF her SSATs are strong she will be at least competitive at most schools. However she is not generally a strong test taker (standardized) so we will see. I have advised them to start with 15 schools and whittle them down after the scores come in. Any other thoughts welcome!